There's a comical panel in Amazing Fantasy #15 in which the authors essentially beg the reader to take a chance on this Spider-Man creation they're testing out. Check it out at the Library of Congress blog, where it's announced that an anonymous donor just gave the library Steve Ditko's original art for that issue.
(via cath)
Ledelle Moe's work shows up in a strip called Zippy the Pinhead.
(Courtesy a reader.)
Might Secret Headquarters be the coolest comic-book store in all the land? I wouldn't have guessed that a region of the nation that brought us the Avengers West Coast could win the title, and I haven't been, but nevertheless I'm impressed by the letterpressed gift certificates and the dapper look that this league of extraordinary comic dealers has cultivated. I was wowed by the size of Chicago Comics when I visited, but Tommy and I were both horrified when the comic book–store guy behind the counter actually used the comic book–store guy "best. x. evar." formulation. Yglesias is a Forbidden Planet booster. Never been there—I find myself more often near Midtown Comics, which is incidentally always out of everything.
I'm guessing there are legendary sites I'm excluding, but I'm informed by this chart that I'm a lesser, super hero–title reading nerd, so what do I know? I've always thought of myself as inclusive.
NB: This blog is the first search result for "talking to aliens while robotripping," if that helps to establish my bona fides in any way.
